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Category Archives: Free Verse
Supposedly
Restless, shifting, squirming like the back of my chair is a pokey cactus, or an awkward dance partner, untamable. I slouch, scrunch, sit up as straight as a board. I take a lap around the office, fidget with books on … Continue reading
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The Line
In their play, My girls often approach a line, If it is crossed, Playing will become fighting. I don’t know if they know where the line is Maybe they are tying to find it. They compete and play, sometimes the … Continue reading
They Came From
A day of long meetings, hours gazing into computer screens, competitive offices and tense meetings, projects with deadlines, or quotas needing to be filled. They came from soccer practice, from the field and its glory or the parking lot, where … Continue reading
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The Maintenance of Things Not Said
It is hard to speak, But account for the energy expended Clinching holy lips together, fighting back the captive words. They wish to storm the walls, Escape their prison, Over razor-wire fences they long to go To flee through the … Continue reading
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Stay, Watch
Stay with me, he says. Stay, for this is the place, Stay here, stay near, Stay with… Me. He says. This place is a destined collision point, The setting for a tragedy planned and impromptu, scripted and improvised. Stay here, … Continue reading
Chasing
Faster, faster, faster still, The harder the chase, The greater the thrill. I quicken my feet, lengthen my strides, My arms pump quicker and rush past my sides. I reach, I fight I push through each pain, Knowing great battles … Continue reading
City of Refuge
Stone by stone, a community built. A city of refuge manned By the priests of God. Hebron, Where the bones of faith’s father Wait to welcome fearful children. Hebron, Where sword-wielding priests Shelter the blood-stained innocent Who in desparation Fly … Continue reading
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Drifting
I hate to watch you drift, De-purposed and lost, Heavily bouncing, painfully, without intention, Falling by accident into places of gravity, Like “isolation”, “selfishness”, “love-sick”, or “college.” You disavow your sacred charge to choose, and fail to see that this … Continue reading
Drastic
Something drastic, Demanding attention, submission. Unyielding, undenied, Persisting, enduring. Will it dissolve, succomb to its medium, will it accept dominant despair? Will it disappear, leaving behind a hint of itself, Reduced to a taste? Hope. Can hope stand its ground? … Continue reading